Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that a province-wide lockdown is needed and it will start the day after Christmas and run for 14 days and is extended for southern parts of the province for an additional 14 days.
Niagara Region reported new record high COVID-19 cases over the weekend with 218 cases.
The Ford government will impose a province-wide lockdown starting Christmas Eve, according to media reports Sunday.
Niagara Region moves out of the orange tier of the Ontario COVID-19 response framework and into red Monday at 12:01 a.m. Here’s what that means and how it will affect daily life.
The Ontario government is distributing the Pfizer vaccine to 17 more hospital locations including ones in COVID hotspot regions over the next two weeks.
Niagara Region is staying in the orange tier of the province’s COVID response framework, at least for the weekend.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford gives Santa Claus the green-light to his annual delivery of gifts.
Ontario reported 2,290 new COVID-19 cases with 40 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 55 new cases with four new deaths.
A fourth COVID-19 case this week, and the seventh overall, has been confirmed at St. Michael Catholic High School.
The two Niagara school boards say they may extend the winter break and switch to online learning if growing COVID cases in the region don’t abate and the province’s Ministry of Education announces a shutdown of in-person learning.